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prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex

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reply; response; answer

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consistency

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to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

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clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

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bully

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prickling; stinging; tingling

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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to suit the convenience of; to accommodate

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crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

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curt; blunt; brusque

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equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")

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to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

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rapid growth

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

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famous; notorious; noted

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most; extremely

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taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child

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widow

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as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

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to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

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affectation; showiness; pretence

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

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many times

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to collide; to clash

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to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

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payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

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unanticipated; unexpected

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consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

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to make light of; to ignore; to slight

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way (of doing); method

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a bolt out of the blue

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indescribable

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testimony; (verbal) evidence

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mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

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to become pale; to turn pale

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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best; ideal; perfect

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to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

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as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

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to be hot on a person's heels

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non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy

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fire; flame; blaze

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to throw on the fire; to burn

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fireplace; hearth; stove

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flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

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to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

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currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker

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